CENTRAL VEHICLE CONTROL UNIT FOR A TRAILER UNIT

Abstract

A trailer unit having a plurality of trailer subsystems and a main vehicle control unit. The plurality of trailer subsystems can include an energy storage subsystem having one or more battery packs and a first primary switch, a power distribution subsystem for distributing power from the energy storage subsystem to one or more of the plurality of trailer subsystems having a second primary switch, a thermal management subsystem for controlling a temperature of at least a portion of the energy storage subsystem, an inverter subsystem for inverting the power from the energy storage subsystem, and a converter subsystem for converting the power from the energy storage subsystem. The main vehicle control unit can be coupled to each of the plurality of trailer subsystems for communicating with and for controlling each of the plurality of trailer subsystems.

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